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Product Communications: When Love Is Blind
When pharmas and agencies get too enamored of their products, they can lose sight of customer needs. Fred Kinch on the kind of devotion that can dazzle marketers, and tips for avoiding it
I recently heard about a yearly kickoff meeting for a well-known specialty pharma brand. The goal of the meeting was for the marketing team to lay out the promotional plans for 2012 and to get feedback from managers and field reps. Things progressed fairly smoothly, until the subject of being responsive to customer needs arose. A member of the brand's marketing team gently admonished the sales people for not listening well enough to their customers.
After this went on for a few minutes, a sales manager fired back, "You guys can't have it both ways. You say you want us to listen to our customers, but in the same breath you always tell us to bring it back to the product and deliver the message. Well, our messages aren't what our customers need."
What's going on here? Hadn't the marketing team and agency combed through their data? Hadn't they developed pages of positionings and messages? Hadn't they spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to develop and vet them before bundling them all up into a well-executed sales aid? Of course they had done all of those things. They love their product. But you can love a product too much.
Enamored with attributes
Pharma and biotech companies love their compounds. They spend years and large sums of money discovering and commercializing these amazing pieces of science. It's understandable, then, why they focus on products' elegant aspects. But as they say, love is sometimes blind. And very often these companies and their agencies become so deeply enamored with their products that they lose sight of the fact that the only love that really matters is the love that customers feel.
Have you ever sat in a messaging or positioning meeting when you heard someone say, "We have to make this fact relevant to our target?" Or, "Our customers don't know how important this attribute is, yet?" While both of these may be true, if customers don't quickly respond positively after being exposed to your message, it may have less to do with customers not understanding your communication and more to do with you not understanding your customers.
The same may be true if your team clings to romanced articulations of your product's attributes. For instance, Pfizer introduced Zithromax (azithromycin) with an elaborate mechanism-of-action story. Emphasizing this aspect of the drug made sense, in theory—the MOA justifies why your patients need to take Zithromax for five days as opposed to the usual 10. Focusing on the MOA, however, came at the expense of the drug's obvious convenience benefit, the one that physicians, patients and pediatric caregivers cared most about. When Zithromax failed to gain traction in the market, Pfizer retooled communications around this obvious customer benefit and sales soared, beating the market leader, Abbott's Biaxin (clarithromycin).
Connecting with customers
How do you avoid the internal enthusiasm that can often cloud marketers' eyes to the realities as well as the needs of their customers? Here are five guiding principles that can help you to stay brutally focused on your customer's experience, both in the category and with your product. They may seem surprisingly intuitive, but in practice they can be shockingly difficult to adhere to.
1 Always keep the customer at the heart of your discussions. Ad agencies like to say that they strive to know their brands better than their clients do. While this causes agencies to plumb the well-documented depths of the products they work on, it's in these details that you find the seeds of the kind of love that can potentially blind marketers. These exercises can be fruitful, but only as long as these attributes are constantly held up against and aligned with the true and un-confounded needs, whether stated or unstated, of customers.
Instead of asking, "What's our product's story?" ask, "What's our customer's story?" Ask, "How does our brand fit into or enhance our customer's experience?" And instead of, "How do we bring it back to the product?" ask, "How can we bring it back to our customers?" At every stage of the product's lifecycle, always work to keep the customer's experience at the forefront of the conversation to find true and market-growing alignment with your product.
2 Fully engage your agency's account-planning and channel-planning groups. Often, client-side market analytics groups are overwhelmed with a range of research projects, of which only a few may relate to gleaning customer insights. These same indefatigable people are often spread across several brands, further complicating matters. Agency account planning and channel groups can go a long way toward supplementing these efforts.
Account planners also bring unique perspectives from the fields of anthropology and psychology that are not usually found on client research teams. Channel planning is designed to not only understand where customers get their information for media planning purposes, but also to understand the kinds of information they want and the way they want the information presented in each of the channels. Both of these departments are solely focused on understanding customer insights and ensuring that brands connect with customers in the most authentic and relevant way possible.
3 Consider the totality of the customer's experience. In our single-minded focus in marketing, we sometimes forget that our customers have dynamic, evolving and multifaceted lives, both professionally and personally. Even within their experience with a single drug, there are many aspects to the relationship. When marketing products, all channels of brand promotion need to take the totality of the customer's experience into account. If you don't, your promotions can come across as at best naïve, and at worst insensitive.
For example, if your product has a great efficacy story but is hobbled by major insurance barriers, repeatedly sending in reps to talk about efficacy will quickly turn off your customers and demoralize your sales force. Keeping the entire experience in mind will not only endear you to customers but also help prioritize and focus your promotional spend.
4 Differentiation doesn't always require data. Finding unique and wholly ownable data that differentiates your product is the holy grail of pharma marketing, especially since many categories are approaching a state of parity. Marketers and agencies spend countless hours poring over data sets to find a single nugget to leverage, one which customers will find relevant and meaningful. But in the absence of a differentiating attribute, don't shy away from what other marketers do in consumer and B2B advertising: finding a unique customer angle that your product can serve.
Find the intersection between your attributes and the stated or unstated needs of your customers. It's a delicate balance, but just because one of your competitors can say it, don't assume that they will be able to do so after you solidify your position. That's what the rest of the marketing world does. What's truly different about Nike, Volvo or MasterCard vs. their competitors? Only that they understood and then owned what mattered most to their customers.
5 Pull through the customer's perspective in all expressions of the brand. Produce communications that resonate with your customers. There's a fine line to walk. You have to talk about your product, not in an undying love, completely devotional way, but through the eyes of your audience, so that they will develop unyielding devotion. Is your positioning focused on resolving a problem for customers or enhancing their experience, or is it focused on communicating inward-looking product features?
Is your messaging speaking to their needs or yours? Is your advertising grounded in the world of your customer or in an abstraction that represents an esoteric facet of your drug? In short, if your agency presents ads that represent a "balance of efficacy and tolerability" in the form of a goldfish with shark teeth or a sword that's made out of feathers, get a new agency. Approach customers with a keen awareness of their realities and translate your communications and tactics into their world, rather than asking that they accommodate ours. This can go a long way with customers. Pulling through the customer's perspective doesn't take a lot of effort, just an empathetic ear.
So next time you're in a meeting and you hear, "What's our product's story?" or, "How do we bring it back to our brand?" or, "How do we get our reps back to selling the product?" consider turning to the group and asking, "How do we get back to our customer's story?" or "How do we get our reps back to listening to our customers?" or "How do we bring it back to our customers?"
Fred Kinch is creative director and managing partner at AgencyRx.


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Bevacizumab (Avastin) in Colorectal Cancer
Faculty Disclosure: Daniel Haller, M.D.
This presentation by Dr. Haller discusses the use of bevacizumab in the treatment of colorectal cancer which has not been approved by the FDA.
Presenter: Daniel Haller, M.D.
Affiliation: University of Pennsylvania
Angiogenesis has been demonstrated to be a critical component in the growth of many tumors, including lung cancer, breast cancer, and colorectal cancer. Responses to angiogenesis inhibitors alone have been low, though if paired with the combination of other chemotherapy agents, they could be efficacious. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is likely the critical component in angiogenesis. Tumor cells produce VEGF, which binds to endothelial cells via one of three VEGF receptors. This induces signal transduction pathways which result in endothelial cell proliferation and hence angiogenesis. The targeting of VEGF has been one of the novel targets being investigated in the search for more efficacious treatments of colorectal cancer. The treatment of metastatic colorectal (CR) cancer has undergone an evolution in the past few decades. From best supportive care, 5-FU chemotherapy regimens showed efficacy, which has since led to combination regimens including FOLFOX (with oxaliplatin) and FOLFIRI (with irinotecan). Recently, these regimens have been combined with angiogenesis inhibitors. Perhaps the most notable of these is bevacizumab, a 93% humanized monoclonal antibody against VEGF. Bevacizumab has been shown in preclinical and clinical studies to have activity against angiogenesis. It has a long half life of 17-21 days, leading to the requirement of administration only every 2 weeks. Bevacizumab has recently been reported in a randomized phase II trial. This trial randomized patients to 5-FU plus leucovorin (LV), 5-FU/LV + bevacizumab 5 mg/kg every 2 weeks, or 5-FU/LV + bevacizumab 10 mg/kg every 2 weeks. Both bevacizumab arms showed a longer time to progression and a suggested increased response rate. In addition, the toxicity profile was minimal with only hypertension seen over what is expected with 5-FU alone (24% incidence in the 10 mg arm and 9% in the 5 mg arm). Bevacizumab has also been combined with IFL chemotherapy (irinotecan with weekly 5-FU/LV) in a three arm phase III trial. Over 800 patients were randomized to IFL + placebo vs. IFL + bevacizumab vs. 5-FU/LV + bevacizumab. In an interim analysis, IFL + bevacizumab was shown to be safe, so the 5-FU/LV arm was subsequently closed. This study, reported at the ASCO 2003 meeting, showed an increased efficacy in all treatment outcomes with the bevacizumab arm. The overall response rate was 35% vs. 45%, duration of response of 7 months vs. 10.4 months, progression free survival of 6.2 months vs. 10.6 months, and overall survival of 15.6 months vs. 20.3. The only increased toxicity was six bowel perforations in the bevacizumab arm, with cause as of yet unknown, as well as hypertension-typical of antiangiogenesis agents. Bevacizumab has also been demonstrated to be efficacious in combination with oxaliplatin regimens. In a recent trial, there was a comparison of FOLFOX4 vs. FOLFOX4 + bevacizumab vs. bevacizumab alone. In interim analysis, the bevacizumab alone arm was closed due to a trend of decreased survival. Though the full analysis is still pending, toxicity data is available for over 200 patients, with no increased toxicity over FOLFOX4 alone, except for the aforementioned hypertension. There are other ongoing trials investigating bevacizumab, with combination with capecitabine and other 5-FU and oxaliplatin combinations. Since it appears that bevacizumab has no major increased toxicity, it can be safely investigated in other tumors as well. It has been demonstrated to have an increased efficacy when combined with other standard chemotherapy for colorectal cancer. When compared to IFL, it even demonstrated an increased survival in patients with metastatic disease. For this reason, bevacizumab may be the most promising novel agent today in the fight against colorectal cancer.


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Well, Opening Day is a wrap, and once again, the bullpen is responsible for the Phillies' first loss of the season. You may recall Ryan Madson blowing last year's opener by serving up a two-run home run to Edgar Renteria, then of the Atlanta Braves. Today's culprit is Tom Gordon, responsible for all five runs the Washington Nationals scored in the top of the ninth inning.
A recap of the coup the Nationals staged against the ineffective right-hander and de facto closer:
- Lastings Milledge legs out an infield single to shortstop.
- Nick Johnson hits a one-out RBI double to deep center field and advances to third on the throw home.
- Austin Kearns walks.
- Johnson scores when Carlos Ruiz tries to catch him napping off of third base when Paul Lo Duca bluffs a squeeze bunt.
- Lo Duca doubles to left-center, scoring Kearns.
- Ronnie Belliard doubles to deep center, scoring Lo Duca.
- Dmitri Young hits a two-out RBI double that bounces high off of the right field fence off of reliever Clay Condrey.
Starter Brett Myers wasn't sharp, but nonetheless effective. He pitched five innings, allowed five hits, walked two, allowed four runs (three of which were earned), and only struck out two.
Ryan Madson relieved Myers in the sixth inning. With two outs, Nationals shortstop Cristian Guzman eked out an infield single to shortstop, and Lastings Milledge followed by jacking a two-run home run well over the left field fence.
The Phillies had opportunities but could only manage three runs in the first six innings. Chase Utley hit a sacrifice fly in the first, Pat Burrell hit an RBI single in the fourth, and Utley hit a solo homer to right field in the sixth.
The Phightin Phils did mount a comeback in the seventh. Jayson Werth led off with a walk. The gravy train appeared to be rolling when catcher Carlos Ruiz yanked an RBI double to left-center and reigning NL MVP Jimmy Rollins defended his honor by tying the game up with a two-run homer that just barely cleared the fence around the 380-foot sign, courtesy Nationals left-hander Ray King.
That was it though, as the Phils quickly went down 1-2-3 in both the bottom of the eighth and ninth innings.
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All students in the Marine Transportation degree earn a Bachelor of Science Degree as well as a US Coast Guard 3rd Mate Unlimited License. MT students are required to do at a sixty day commercial cruise. Commercial Cruise is completed your sophomore summer after successfully passing the first training ship cruise. For Commercial Cruise you will sail aboard an actual working Merchant Marine Vessel. This is your opportunity to get hands on training while experiencing the career path you will be going into. We've got lots of exciting opportunities for you, around the world, on all type of vessel platforms and engine types. For example, MT students in the past have secured Commercial Cruise Billets with the following (not a complete list):
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Jerry Lewis Stepping Down From Labor Day Telethon
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Design Seminar für Fachpublikum in den Nordischen Botschaften am 2. September
What is moving the design world? How can design move the world?
"Design Experience" – Design-Talk
Framework program of the exhibition Nordic Design Today
Monday, 2nd of September 2013, 17.00 to 19.15 pm
Nordic Embassies, Rauchstr. 1, 10787 Berlin, www.nordischebotschaften.org
Moderated by Cornelia Horsch, International Design Center Berlin (IDZ)
The exhibition Nordic Design Today features works by five Nordic designers: furniture, lamps, glassware, industrial design and fashion. The exhibited designers Steinunn Sigurðardóttir, Harri Koskinen, Front, Henrik Vibskov and Sigurd Bronger have all been awarded Torsten and Wanja Söderberg's Prize – one of the most prestigious design awards in the world. Foto (c) Röhsska Museet.
The Design Experience-talk features keynotes by Danish fashion designer Henrik Vibskov and Finnish industrial designer Harri Koskinen. Next eight young Nordic designers present their artistic positions and discuss the future role of design: What is moving the design world? – How can design move the world? They reflect on their design-thinking and design-process considering their cultural background and the question of social and environmental responsibility of design. A concluding discussion introduces the unique positions of five young Nordic designers taking a stance on - among other themes - the relationship between art and design.
Besides Henrik Vibskov and Harri Koskinen, the participating designers are: Anton Alvarez (SE), Simon Klenell (SE), Katrin Greiling (SE), Siren Elise Wilhelmsen (NOR), Morten Skjærpe Knarrum (NOR), Jonas Norheim (NOR), Alina Moat Breuil (DK), Vibeke Trolle (DK), Rasmus Bækkel Fex (DK), Antti-Jussi Silvennoinen (FIN), Vesa Kattelus (FIN), Mari Isopahkala (FIN), Kristín Eva Ólafsdóttir (IS), Þórunn Árnadóttir (IS) and Magnea Einarsdóttir (IS).
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What I'm inquiring about here is to fill an ARM microprocessor community development team internship position at Texas Instruments for summer 2011. You can find other job opportunities at TI with TI's CareerBuilder site (try keyword "Linux") or at http://careers.ti.com.
Job Description
Serve the needs of open source software developers utilizing TI ARM-based microprocessors by advocating within TI, consolidating and communicating valuable information internally and externally, and solving technical and organizational challenges including patches to fix open source software bugs or functional gaps in software like u-boot, Linux, applications within GNU/Linux distributions and tools to build software systems. Producing written, recorded and interactive presentation materials to train technical and semi-technical audiences on utilization and extension of open hardware platforms, such as the BeagleBoard, is required. A public reputation in open source software development is highly desirable. Some travel required. On-line communication skills are a must. This position is potentially very flexible in hours and location as long as mastery of communications with the core team can be demonstrated. Other potential benefits include flexibility in software projects and resources of perhaps the largest volume ARM microprocessor supplier in the industry.
Minimal Skills Required
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- Conflict resolution
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- Shell scripting
- Demonstrated knowledge in Linux, operating system and build system concepts
- Software revision control management
- Oral and written communications in English (additional languages are desirable, especially Japanese, Spanish, German, Portuguese, and Hindi)
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Texas Instruments (TI) is a global analog and digital semiconductor IC design and manufacturing company. In addition to analog technologies, digital signal processing (DSP) and microcontroller (MCU) semiconductors, TI designs and manufactures semiconductor solutions for analog and digital embedded and application processing.
Where to send your information
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Loyalty pays off, at least for Florida Gators fans.
Renee Gork, a former Arkansas radio host who was rumored to have lost her job for wearing a Florida Gators baseball cap to an Arkansas football press conference for coach Bobby Petrino, in August was hired by the University of Florida Sports WRUF-A sports radio 850 as a morning co-host according to multiple outlets.
Gork joins "Sportscene" h0st Steve Russell from 6-10 a.m. on weekdays. Something tells me she'll be a popular radio personality with the Gators fans.


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Aaron Nigel Smith has been actively involved with children and music in many different ways other than being a performer, such as teaching, starting an arts program, and appearing on a children's television program. In this interview, he shares what he valued about libraries growing up and what it was like to work with Ziggy Marley, son of Bob Marley. Aaron's responses have been edited for clarity and/or length.
What made you decide to write music for children and families?
After teaching my first pre-school music class, I knew that I wanted to write family music.
Your work, such as being on PBS' Between the Lions program and performing at libraries, helps connect music, literacy, and reading. How have libraries or librarians been an influence in your life or your music career?
Libraries always gave me a sense of freedom when I was a young child. We moved around a lot when I was a kid. One of the first things I would do when we moved to town was get a library card. Since appearing on Between the Lions, I have been welcomed to perform at many libraries all around the country. I would say [that] close to 50% of my shows each year are not at libraries or affiliated with a library.
Can you tell us about the arts program you founded in 2002, FUNdamentals of Music and Movement? What inspired you to get that started at that time?
FUNdamentals of Music and Movement is how I entered the world of children's music. After having children of our own, [my] wife Diedre and I felt a strong desire to give them and their communities the best possible experiences with music and movement. We formed FUNdamentals . . . and it quickly grew in the Los Angeles area. We now serve children at over 100 schools around the nation.
Q: You worked with Ziggy Marley on the Bob Marley children's CD B is for Bob. What was that experience like?
Working with Ziggy Marley was a truly monumental experience. My son Zion and some of his friends from school had the opportunity to sing on Bob Marley master tracks, right along with Bob. I taught them the arrangements and directed them during the sessions along with Ziggy and his team. It was so much fun!
Check out Aaron singing "Animal Song" on YouTube:
Find more of his music in the San Mateo County Library catalog.
Aaron Nigel Smith will be performing at Tricycle on:
- Saturday, October 26th at 11 am, East Palo Alto Library (San Mateo County)
- Saturday, October 26th at 3 pm, Western Addition Branch Library (San Francisco)
- Sunday, October 27th at 10:30 am, Millbrae Library (San Mateo County)
- Sunday, October 27th at 3 pm, Koret Auditorium in the Main Library (San Francisco)
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Jessica Chung is a MLIS student and an intern for the San Mateo County Library.
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By Avi Creditor, Goal.com
Robbie Rogers winding up on the LA Galaxy in the foreseeable future certainly seems like a foregone conclusion.
That was not always the case. Not after it seemed as if Rogers would be spending a lengthy time away -- if not a permanent escape -- from soccer following his public disclosure of his sexual orientation, and not with his MLS rights being controlled by the Chicago Fire.
Rogers told ESPN Radio in Dallas, and then reiterated on his personal Twitter account Monday, that he wants to remain close to his family at this critical juncture in his life, though, and that Chicago does not fit into that equation if coming out of a brief retirement is to happen.
That means him remaining in Southern California, and that leaves the Fire with essentially two options: Hold Rogers' rights hostage or ship them to the Galaxy (Let's be honest: the unpredictability surrounding Chivas USA makes the other locker room at the Home Depot Center far from an ideal landing spot at the present time).
The former seems incredibly impractical, not with the amount of negative backlash the Fire and MLS would receive for not adhering to Rogers' wishes. To those in many circles -- and the likes of Herculez Gomez, whose MLS rights are still controlled by Sporting Kansas City, would certainly agree -- it is asinine that the Fire, or any MLS team for that matter, can maintain the rights of a player who left for another league.
Even so, those are the idiosyncratic MLS rules, and when Rogers' rights were innocuously shipped to the Fire along with Dilly Duka in the trade that saw Dominic Oduro head to Columbus, Rogers' MLS fate, should he ever elect to return to the league, was sealed. The thing is, Rogers holds the trump card in this case. If he doesn't get the playing situation with which he is comfortable, he will stay retired and carry on without a qualm.
In most cases, a player dictating which club he goes to would be chastised and come across as selfish. Rogers, though, is not most cases. Ever since he announced he was gay, he has taken on a grander persona in the American soccer scene and sports landscape as a whole. After NBA player Jason Collins' announcement of his sexual orientation followed, the continued overwhelming public support of Collins' and Rogers' courage has paved the way for an accelerated re-entry to the sport on his terms, should the 25-year-old U.S. winger choose to pursue that avenue.
For many reasons, both sporting and of the off-the-field variety, MLS will want him back in the league in a viable situation where he can thrive. That does not mean MLS will show preferential treatment in facilitating a deal to a specific team, but it also knows that it can't afford to let a standstill between a defiant team front office and a willing trade partner get in the way of a much bigger-picture issue.
"We'd love to see Robbie back in the league, regardless of the announcement that he made when he was over in England," MLS commissioner Don Garber told reporters at an appearance in Columbus last week. "He's a great player. When young, aspiring national team players leave, I believe it's something that's positive for the sport overall, but I want those players in Major League Soccer."
Rogers training with the Galaxy about a week ago raised eyebrows concerning the potential for tampering, but Garber dismissed the notion that LA was acting unprofessionally in any manner, even if Landon Donovan later publicly declared his personal preference to have Rogers traded to his club.
"I think Robbie's got to make that decision [of unretiring] for himself," Garber said. "His family is in Los Angeles. ... It was appropriate while he was in town to get in shape and start playing and figure out what his future will be. I hope that future is having him play in Major League Soccer."
There are obviously practical and contractual matters to take into account before that future becomes the present. How big of a contract would Rogers command? Do the Galaxy have enough cap flexibility to add him to their payroll without sacrificing the space necessary to sign a third Designated Player this summer?
Based on current salary figures released by the MLS Players' Union -- which do not account for salary that is bought down with allocation money -- the Galaxy don't figure to have a ton of flexibility to sign Rogers and a big-name Europe-based star like rumored targets Frank Lampard or Kaka. Rogers was on a $140,000 salary during his last season in MLS in 2011, and while he does not necessarily need to sign for at least that amount should he return, it also does not make practical sense for him to settle for anything less.
On the other side of the equation, at what point do the Fire set Rogers free and accept what is eventually put on the table without feeling slighted? This is, after all, a significant business decision that could impact the franchise and its fortunes in a big way, and the Fire won't want to go out of their way to inconvenience themselves.
On an individual level regarding Rogers, what kind of playing shape is he in? How long would he require to get back to full fitness? Those factors could alter his trade value. He has not played since a nine-minute stint off the bench while on loan at League One side Stevenage on Dec. 8, and he played sparingly for Leeds United and Stevenage since leaving MLS.
No matter the hurdles, if Rogers wants to come back to play in MLS, which he has indicated he does in his most recent public comments, he will almost certainly do so in Los Angeles. Make no mistake about it, the uniqueness of this situation is uncharted territory for Rogers, the Fire, the Galaxy and MLS. In its simplest terms, the individual needs to be in close proximity to his support system in order for this to work. Somehow, all parties involved will find a way to make that happen. There is too much at stake for them not to.
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Recycle a license plate by making it into a bookend. All you have to do is bend a license plate over the edge of a table. Easy.
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A description of reading selections inAnthology 1 | Anthology 2 | Anthology 3
A Sampling of Reading Selections in ANTHOLOGY 1
Book B (Reading Level 2.0–2.9)
The Apple: From Seed to Fruit: science content with well-rounded flavor
Young Abraham Lincoln: biography that speaks to all age groups
Let's Vote on It!: students experience majority, approval, and preference voting
Poison Frogs: habitat and habits of deadly rain forest frogs
Balto, Hero of Alaska: account of sled dog team that delivered lifesaving serum
Hello...It's for You!: the invention of the telephone, today's uses, and early operators
Water: intriguing science behind everyday encounters with water
The Many Uses of Corn: 7,000 years of ideas: from plastic ingredient to corn palace
Shake, Rattle, & Roll: Earthquakes: what they are and what to do in the event of one
Let's Make Music: four families of instruments detailed
Sally Ride: the first American woman in space and her math and science background
Extreme Weather: droughts, hurricanes, tornadoes, and snowstorms
Pizza, Pizza, Pizza!: in ancient times and contemporary cultures
The Big River: the Mississippi River and the people, farms, and industry it supports
A Different Kind of Home: how the Plains Indians built, furnished, and lived in their tipis
Book C (Reading Level 3.0–3.9)
The Shaggy Bear: one animal shelter dog's rags to riches story
The Most Famous House in the United States: a tour of the White House
The Yeti—Real or Not?: mystery of this legendary creature's possible existence
Colonial Williamsburg: A Living-History Museum: 1775 America redux, daily
Showing Courage: profiles of Jesse Owens, Anne Frank, Cesar Chavez, Helen Keller
Paper, Paper, and More Paper: history, uses, how it's made, and recycling
Tarantulas: facts about and photos of eating, self-defense, molting, and more
Henry Ford and the Automobile: how mechanical aptitude and a dream built success
Discovering Pyramids: explores the feat of building these tombs and other curiosities
Chocolate: from the Olmecs to present day, a sweet read packed with facts
Becoming a Citizen: a personal tale of author's parents becoming Americans
The Mojave Desert: climate, flora, fauna, caverns, volcanoes, and rock formations
Teddy Roosevelt: outdoorsman, war hero, president, national forest and park designator
The Underground Railroad: the secret route to freedom for slaves in the 1800's
Harvest Festivals: festivals from around the word associated with particular crops or customs
Book D (Reading Level 4.0–4.9)
Wolf!: all about wolves—charts, Venn diagram, and many photos
The Wild West Show: Buffalo Bill Cody and his 1883 stage show about the Wild West
Tide Pools: a look at these ocean habitats and their dwellers
Growing Up in Ancient Greece: fascinating social studies/history content
Migration: why they migrate: storks, terns, whales, turtles, caribou, and other animals
Benjamin Franklin: printer, writer, improver, experimenter, inventor, and statesman
It's Gold!: why it's prized, where it's found, and a look back through the ages
Langston Hughes, the Original Jazz Poet: the life and times of the brilliant writer
The Olympic Games, Then and Now: from ancient times to today's sports and athletes
Women Get the Vote: status of women, legally and socially, and the fight for the vote
The Growth of the Railroad: dangers, benefits, and fun facts about the early trains
A Tour of Japan: an overview of the land, history, and culture
Book E (Reading Level 5.0–5.9)
Race to the Poles: accounts of expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctica
Jazz: the Jazz Age, radio and sound recording, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington
Whaling: the whaling industry of yore to whale-watching cruises today
Money: from barter to wampum to coins and paper
Exploring Shipwrecks: seafaring dangers, the evolution of diving apparatus, and more
Lewis and Clark Explore the West: discoveries in the land west of the Mississippi River
Volcanoes: scientific explanation, different types, famous eruptions, and warning signs
China's Amazing Firsts: such as: fireworks, porcelain, silk, umbrellas, kites, and compasses
Mark Twain: biography of a life as intriguing as Tom Sawyer's
Caring for the Earth: history of conservation and present-day call to action
Space: The Final Frontier: space exploration: the 20th Century and into the future
The Abolitionists Fight Slavery: history of slavery and profiles of antislavery leaders
A Sampling of Reading Selections from the Passageways Series ANTHOLOGY 2
Book B (Reading Level 2.0–2.9)
Potatoes: how these tubers grow and ways they're eaten around the world
Smoke! Fire! Firefighters!: engines, ladder trucks, rescues, and daily chores
Black Bears: shelter and food, hibernation, bear cubs, and a comparison to humans
Learn about Trees: tree facts, broadleaf vs. needleleaf, how trees grow
Sharks: fact-packed! swimming, gills, more on anatomy, hunting, and shark babies
The Jamestown Settlement: historical account of early American settlers in Virginia
The Sahara: the world's largest desert, from oases to camels
Meet the Monitor Lizard: Komodo dragons and Nile monitors: science with a zing!
Jane Goodall, Friend to Chimps: from young explorer to world-renown chimp expert
Castles: important architectural features and functions plus what life was like inside
Indians of the Pacific Northwest: living off the land and water; making totem poles
The Last Princess: Princess Ka'iulani and the annexation of Hawaii
Ride with the Pony Express: the network that relayed mail cross-country on horseback
Chinese New Year: the history and customs of this holiday
George Washington Carver: the man who invented peanut butter and changed the South
Book C (Reading Level 3.0–3.9)
The Loch Ness Monster: speculation about and searches for "Nessie" continue
Animal Helpers: dogs, horses, monkeys, and cats all help people live independently
The Ant Story: each with a job to do, fascinating ants and their communities
Enter the Big Top!: from chariots to high wires: the development of the circus
Looking into the Eye: how the human eye works, with diagrams and definitions
Matthew Henson, Explorer: the African American co-discoverer of the North Pole
Remember the Alamo: a Texas fort, a battle, and a lesson in patience
Amazing Amelia: record-breaking pilot and her famous flights
Earth Day: the environmental issues that precipitated it and what we can do to help
The Lion, One Big Cat!: lion prides: how and where they live
Meet Maya Lin: biography of architect whose work moves and inspires people
Interview with an Actor: in interview format, an insider's look at the profession
Building the Erie Canal: clearing the land; building bridges, aqueducts, and locks
Sequoyah of the Cherokee: creator of the Cherokee alphabet who won over opposers
The Buried City of Pompeii: a peek at an ancient city through remains molded by volcanic ash
Book D (Reading Level 4.0–4.9)
The Viking Age: Vikings, sea-faring explorers, settled many geographic locations
Paris, the City of Lights: tour of Parisian sights, with historical connections
Interview with a DJ: a young DJ tells about beat-mixing and gauging the audience
Taking a Look at the Ocean: science: a look at oceans, delving to the depths of the abyss
Eleanor Roosevelt, a Remarkable Woman: her compassion changed the world
The Champion Called Man o' War: the skill and spirit of an awe-inspiring racehorse
The Cactus, a Most Unusual Plant: types of cacti, how succulents store water, and more
To Space and Back with Mae Jemison: doctor, Peace Corps volunteer, astronaut, professor
Exploring the World of Special Effects: behind-the-scenes look at movie sounds and sights
Thurgood Marshall, Man of Justice: first African American Supreme Court justice
Have Fun with Healthy Eating: value of good nutrition and how to improve eating habits
The Story of the American Flag: historical content about the flag from 1773 to present
Book E (Reading Level 5.0–5.9)
Exercise for Health: Let's Get Moving!: ideas to motivate us to exercise
Look Up...to Bill Russell: biography of a basketball player who revolutionized the game
Deep in the Everglades: mangroves, cypress, alligators, and manatees in the River of Grass
Meet the Mill Girls of Lowell: the experiences of America's first factory workers
Beware the Black Death!: "the most terrible of all the terrors," plague of the 1300's
Babe Didrikson, Sports Star: an all-around athlete who broke down gender barriers
What's That Sound?: humans can differentiate 400,000 sounds—here's how it works
OUTBACK: creatures, landforms, and people of the Australian Outback
Celebrating the Wright Flyer: the bumpy flights of the first airplane; the 2003 reproduction
Come On Down...to Rio de Janeiro: the history, people, and sights of Brazil's capital
The Age of Silent Movies: from kinetoscopes to feature films plus actors of the day
Simon Bollivar, the Liberator: the great freedom fighter who liberated South America
A Sampling of Reading Selections from the Passageways Series ANTHOLOGY 3
Book B (Reading Level 2.0–2.9)
The Buzz About Honeybees: all about the hive and how its inhabitants make honey
Pasta for One and All: a world-wide history and basic directions for making pasta
Brave Bess: biography of Bessie Coleman, the first African-American woman pilot
Lighthouses: replacing bonfires, lighthouses and their keepers saved many sailors
Seals and Sea Lions: comparison and contrast accompanied by great graphics
Playing Soccer: about the game and skills used in playing the world's most popular sport
The Great Wall of China: How and why it was built, photographs from earth and space
Poisonous Snakes: rattlesnakes, copperheads, water moccasins, and coral snakes
Mars: Our Neighbor in Space: similarities and differences between Mars and Earth
Mary McLeod Bethune: she worked to bring schooling to African-American children
The Tallest Animal—giraffes: lots of interesting facts about their anatomy and habits
The Brooklyn Bridge: historical account of building the Eighth Wonder of the World
K-9 Crime Fighters: the jobs and training of four-footed police officers
Diego: Painter of Murals: famous Mexican artist and his style and medium of choice
Up, Up, and Away!: a past and present look at hot-air balloons
Book C (Reading Level 3.0–3.9)
Batty over Bats: brown bats, vampire bats, and others plus how they use echolocation
Strange Plants: science discovery of the ways three meat-eating plants catch food
Glassmaking: a look at uses of glass, what it's made of, and how it's worked with
All Ears: the functions of the outer, middle, and inner ear with labeled diagrams
The Dust Bowl: devastating dust storms brought about great changes to the Plains states
The News on Nelly Bly: brave investigative reporter known as "the voice of the people"
On Top of the World: Mount Everest and people who have climbed it
Bill Pickett: Rodeo Star: his special technique for wresting steers and ensuing fame
A Slice of Lifebread: early civilizations' versions to today's; the invention of the sandwich
Aloha Hawaii: the natural beauty, culture, and sports of the friendly island state
In Step with Laurence Yep: children's book author who used his writing to find himself
A Comet's Tale: telescopes and spacecraft tell us about comets and space mysteries
Elephants at Large: all about these largest of land animals
Cinco de Mayo: the battle for Mexico's freedom and the fiesta that celebrates victory
The Search for Hidden Animals: on the trail of mysterious creatures with cryptozoologists
Book D (Reading Level 4.0–4.9)
Simple Machines: inclined planes, screws, wedges, levers, wheels and axles, and pulleys
Rice: how it's grown, nutrition in grains, ways other parts of the grass are used
Buffalo Soldiers: African-American cavalry regiments that protected settlers in the West
Time for a Deep Sleep: hibernating bears, bats, woodchucks, turtles, and someday humans?
The Nile: the world's longest river and its uses in ancient Egypt and today
The Inca: about this rich, powerful, South American empire and its conquest by Spain
Disasters: six destructive events that struck suddenly in the United States
Light: plants and humans need light, sources of light, lengths of light waves, Edison
Memories of Cambodia: a Cambodian refugee shares experiences from her homeland
Statue of Liberty: how, why, and where this symbol of freedom was built
Maria Tallchief: a celebration of a famous prima ballerina and proud Native American
The Great Race: history and danger of the Indy 500 and the special cars raced
Book E (Reading Level 5.0–5.9)
Trapped and Broken: into the coal mines with the boys who toiled there 100 years ago
London: landmarks and history of this 2,000 year old city
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: these Mediterranean creations defy belief
Dale Earnhardt: Stockcar Racing Champion: biography of the late great racecar driver
Gladiators: ancient Roman public games pitted man against man and against animal
Marie Curie: First Woman of Science: her thirst for learning led to momentous discoveries
The Cliff Dwellers: the lives of southwestern Indians who built homes in cliff walls
Odd (and Ugly) Animals: naked mole-rats, frogfish, peanut-head bugs, and more
Skateboarding's Long and Bumpy Ride: this popular sport traveled a rough road to acceptance
Cuba: all about the beautiful island nation and its interesting history, plus Cuba today
The Story of Maps: from ancient stick charts to today's weather maps
Biosphere 2: a science experiment to see if life could exist in a sealed community
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Eric San, who goes by the name Kid Koala, plays the blues. But just as Kid Koala isn't a traditional blues name like Blind Lemon Jefferson or Doctor Ross the Harmonica Boss, he isn't a standard blues man.
Kid Koala is a DJ. Big turntables, fast hands, scratching old-fashioned vinyl records — the whole deal. Now, he's taken that DJ equipment and produced a "turntable blues" album titled 12 Bit Blues.
So how did a Canadian DJ discover the blues, exactly? San says it all happened in high school.
"I wasn't one of those kids that could just write poems and play guitar and all of a sudden have six girls swooning," he says. "For me, turntables was one of those things I just gravitated towards. As I got into my high-school years, getting into hip-hop and getting into the rock and the rowdier aspects of music and trying to connect all those dots to the past, I realized that all those roads eventually lead to the blues."
Using equipment just as nostalgia-inducing as blues music itself, San set out to record his album with classic hip-hop tools such as the SP-1200, an iconic drum machine and sampler from hip-hop's golden age. Making a conscious effort to outplay and out-think the machine, the turntablist strips the music down to its purest form — and hand-crafts 12 Bit Blues in a fashion that's never been heard before.
"Did I succeed in making a proper blues record? I would be always the first to tell you that any blues purist or jazz purist would listen to my stuff and dismiss it quite quickly," San says. "But you have to understand it's coming from a complete scratch DJ's angle. I think it's all done with a lot of love and intent and respect and regard for that music. The tools that I've chosen are the ones I've learned to master over my career in music, like if you played my version of 'Basin Street Blues' to an actual New Orleans jazz combo, they'd probably say, 'Wow, those musicians sound really drunk.'"
In this segment, Kid Koala deconstructs "3 Bit Blues" for NPR's Scott Simon and discusses the creation of 12 Bit Blues.
From the wild, wild west of an Italian Western to the deep, Delta South and the blues.
SIMON: This is the music of Eric San. He goes by Kid Koala when he performs. He's a bluesman, but he doesn't play the harmonica or a Fender guitar. Kid Koala is a DJ.
SIMON: A real DJ who spins discos on huge turntables with his fast hands, scratching old-fashioned vinyl records till they scream. He toured with the Beastie Boys. Now, Kid Koala's taken that DJ equipment and produced a turntable blues album. It's called "12-Bit Blues." Kid Koala says a turntable was his best ticket into music and all of its allures.
KID KOALA: I wasn't one of those kids in high school that could just write poems and play guitar and all of sudden have six girls kind of swooning for me.
KOALA: Turntables was one of those things that I just gravitated towards. I can learn how to do this and maybe I can become a DJ and be invited to all the parties. That would be a great way to make friends. And it's a very romantic idea, I guess.
KOALA: I'm from Canada, you know. I'm the furthest you could get from New Orleans or the Mississippi Delta. But as I got into my high school years getting into hip-hop and getting into rock and the rowdier aspects of music and I realized that all those roads, that most of the music that I enjoyed eventually led to the blues.
KOALA: This is a track called "3 Bit Blues." I used a lot of antiquated equipment, most of it older than me, most of it unkempt, lost, orphaned, forgotten machines, decades old that I found at flea markets or Salvation Armies or what have you, and I just wanted to squeeze out one last sort of swan song out of them if I could.
KOALA: When you hear that feedback sound right there with the little rattlesnakes, that's an oil can delay, which is technology that still baffles me. It's essentially a tuna can filled with electrolytic oil and then there's a disk that spins inside of it that has a playback head and a record head. The record head dips as it spins - dips into the electrolytic oil and charges the oil, and the oil actually stores the sound. And you kind of get this warbly. dusted, underwater Doppler-type of effect. And it's so spooky and ghostly. I just love it.
KOALA: Did I succeed in making it a proper blues record? I would be always the first to tell you that any blues purist or any jazz purist would kind of listen to my stuff and just dismiss it quite quickly. Like if you play my version of "Basin Street Blues" to actual, you know, New Orleans Jazz combo, they'd probably say, wow, those musicians sound really drunk.
SIMON: Kid Koala. A blues man, DJ hybrid. You can hear a couple of songs from his new album, "12 Bit Blues," at nprmusic.org. This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Hello!! I'm here to promote my first full length, full color, graphic novel, Maya: Heaven Will Not Wait. Maya is a mature horror story set against a post-apocalyptic backround. Maya involves elements of spiritual philosophy, science fiction, and ancient history.
I've included a brief synopsis of the story below and encourage all interested to "like" the project's Facebook page ( facebook/maya:heavenwillnotwait). We will be launching the work as a free weekly web serial beginning in Spring 14'! Thanks!!!
It has been more than a thousand years since, "The Great Collapse", the ending of time and the renewal of all things. The course of creation has transcended the hideous marks of It's past, but amidst this return to grace, the fabric of man's perfect destiny is, once again, becoming quickly undone.
On an island somewhere in the middle of the Pacific, isolated from the remainder of the world, a small group of settlers build a metropolis. This is their story.
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Nearly a century after the death of the great prophet, Set, on the memorial day of his passing, Detective Philip Delacroix is called to investigate a young girl's homicide at a popular inner city rock club.
With many questions regarding the crime looming, and a growing frustration over the concern for his mysteriously ailing wife, Grace; Delacroix seeks the guidance of the citys popular spiritual advisor: the enigmatic, Darius Set.
Hard edged, and not particularly known to be a man of faith, the detective wrestles with the strange and sophisticated ideologies of the the vicar, but when he is given a mysterious box by the priest, and earnestly asked to deliver it to an exclusive location on the outskirts of the city, the elusive answers the sleuth had struggled so hard to embrace, slowly begin to surface in puzzling fashion.
In Corpustown, a condemned settlement of the last era, Delacroix meets Aida, a bed ridden psychic of immeasurable power, and It is only when she is exposed to the contents of the mysterious box that Delacroix becomes witness to an incredible vision, one so disturbing; he begins to question all that he had known.
But, it is upon his reacquaintance with an old flame, that his past finally begins to shape the awful truth, and when she proves to be an unbreakable link to the killer, it is then that they both realize that the city's fate is drawn to the regions inconceivable past, and that their great, City of the Light, has been a grave of secrets, shadows, and an unimagineable evil.
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The University of Alaska Fairbanks has been awarded $5.3 million to continue the work of the Center for Alaska Native Health Research. The five-year grant is the final in a series of National Institutes of Health grants meant to build biomedical research infrastructure. The center has been studying obesity, genetics, nutrition, cancer and resilience in Alaska Natives for 11 years.
CANHR faculty and staff members will build upon previous research in order to become sustainable after the grant ends.
"The next five years are critical," said Bert Boyer, CANHR director. "We have a good track record with our work over the last 10 years in Alaska Native health disparities. We have a great opportunity to add to our knowledge."
Medical research is often slow, but methodical. In order to win competitive grants, scientists need preliminary data to build on, Boyer said.
To help researchers generate that preliminary data, CANHR will offer 12 pilot grants over five years to UAF scientists. The applicants must use at least one of CANHR's services, which include administration, data management, community engagement and clinical support, as well as dietary and physical activity assessment expertise.
The pilot grant recipients also need to gain tribal approval to conduct the research with tribal members, and collaborate with a scientist from outside UAF who has a record of successful research.
The goal is for the new researchers to build a foundation of data so they can be successful when applying for large grants, Boyer said. CANHR has been moving in this direction since it began in 2001.
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The NIH program, called the Institutional Development Award, has allowed CANHR to build research capacity and address health needs in the state of Alaska, said Fred Taylor, who oversees the program at the NIH's National Institute of General Medical Sciences.
"The new phase of funding will allow the center to extend these activities, which include its pioneering community-based participatory research on metabolic disease and its efforts to foster the next generation of biomedical researchers in Alaska," Taylor said.
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Metascore®Generally unfavorable reviewsbased on a weighted average of allcritic review scores.
Stuffed with stock characters -- the vain prince, the critter sidekicks -- who adamantly stay stock.
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N'ever was an apostrophe so misplaced, n'ever was the prospect of good cheer so perversely defeated.
Who would have thought an animated comedy satirizing the predictable nature of fairy tales could be so grim?
This movie is the worst kind of offender: it thinks its funny and clever, but it is neither. The filmmakers have mistaken banality for wit and silliness for humor, and that doesn't begin to address how visually clunky this motion picture is.
Happily was begun as an old-fashioned 2-D "flat" cartoon and then switched by producer John Williams (of "Shrek") and director Paul J. Bolger to 3-D during production. The style finally is an uncomfortable amalgam of both.
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OK for kids 6+
Shrek wannabe isn't offensive ... or fun.
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Parents need to know that although kids may want to see this animated fairy tale "reimagining," it's not really worth their time. The movie revises the Cinderella story in order to let the "bad guys" win ... for a minute. This results in some minor violence, much dastardly laughter, and temporary changes to familiar fairy tale plots (Rumplestiltskin steals the baby, Sleeping Beauty doesn't wake up, etc.). Many genre clichés are played out here: The wicked stepmother is mean, her daughters are obnoxious, the prince is dimwitted, and wolves, trolls, and the giant are ugly and lumbering. There's a little bit of potty humor, and a couple of none-too-menacing scenes in the dark woods. The cartoony violence primarily consists of falls and inconsequential explosions (no one dies).
Messages: Villains (especially the wicked stepmother) are predictably unpleasant (smelly, cackly, selfish), but in the end, they're defeated. Other cliched fairy tale behavior (obnoxious stepsisters, etc.) is also evident.
Violence and scariness: Cartoony hijinks include explosions with no consequences, various falls and grumblings, and a "battle scene" in which the seven dwarves haul out a windmill-cum-catapult and shoot precious jewels at dive-bombing witches on brooms (it's a decidedly un-fun bit of business).
Sexy stuff: Sexy-bodied bad stepmother: Her ballgown shows mighty cleavage and a slit up the side to reveal leg/high heels; plot focused on marriage (all the girls in the kingdom apparently want it, and the prince thinks he wants it); chaste kissing by primary couple.
Language: Namecalling ("dragon lady," "salmonella," "loser") and other mild obnoxiousness ("royal pain the butt," "a butt the size of a shopping mall").
Consumerism: Not an issue
Drinking, drugs and smoking: During the villains' takeover of the palace, they're served food and unidentified drinks on trays.
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